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Description
From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's immortal love story. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Antony and Cleopatra in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors – Adrian Noble, Braham Murray and Gregory Doran – providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeare's career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended – as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed.
Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.
Table of Contents
About the Text
Key Facts
Antony and Cleopatra
Textual Notes
Scene-by-scene Analysis
Antony and Cleopatra in Performance: the RSC and Beyond
Four Centuries of Antony and Cleopatra: An Overview
At the RSC: Seven Cleopatras and their Antonys
The Director's Cut: interviews with Adrian Noble, Braham Murray, Gregory Doran
Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre
Shakespeare's Works: a Chronology
The History behind the Tragedies: A Chronology
Further Reading and Viewing
References
Acknowledgements and Picture Credits.
Product details
| Published | 23 Apr 2009 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 232 |
| ISBN | 9780230576179 |
| Imprint | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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